I have been put forward by my company to do the training to become a Certified Linux Professional but I'm not sure whether it's going to be of any benefit as you don't see a great deal of Linux focussed roles out there so I was wondering if anyone had any comments?

I'm from a Windows background and have little exposure to Linux/Unix etc so I'm basically starting from scratch.

Personally I'd look, and not just because I work for them, I'd take a look at the Red Hat courses, in particular RHCSA and RHCE centric.

Generally most Linux training is valid across multiple distributions. Back when I was at IBM I did a bunch of SLES centric training, but we managed a mix of RHE and SLES systems.

Generally known online as OpenMedia, now working for Red Hat New Zealand as a Solution Architect for all things Linux, Virtual and of course Cloud. Still playing with MythTV and digital media on the side.

A person with SUZE certification would be able to get the hang of a Red Hat system in a reasonably short time.

Red Hat have an less restricted version of their Linux distribution called Fedora. If you want to get up close and personal with a Red Hat like system download the Fedora installer disc and set it up on a computer you have lying around.

The only real problem training in one Linux distribution over another is the gibbering baboons who run personel departments are often unaware the differnces of one over the other are minor.

The only real problem training in one Linux distribution over another is the gibbering baboons who run personel departments are often unaware the differnces of one over the other are minor.

Nods

Heck I've been trying to convince Solaris admins that picking up Linux is relatively easy for year.

Generally known online as OpenMedia, now working for Red Hat New Zealand as a Solution Architect for all things Linux, Virtual and of course Cloud. Still playing with MythTV and digital media on the side.

If you want to learn RedHat then you can get CentOS, it is essentially identical - but free.

The major difference between distros is the tools; RedHat has its own preferred admin tools, as does Debian. But they are all pretty similar when you get down to it, and if you can use for eg. yum, you can use apt without much learning curve (and so on).

It seems as if RHCE is more recognised, so go for that if you have a choice.

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